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Meta Fires 20 Employees For Leaking Internal Information, More Layoffs Likely
Meta on Thursday said it had laid off 20 workers for leaking information to the media, as the social media giant faces pressure over the recent political shift.
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Meta Starts Eliminating Jobs in Shift to Find AI Talent
Meta has started notifying “low-performers” that they are being laid off. The company is scouring for new talent to dominate the AI race. The company is offering US-based employees severance packages that include 16 weeks of salary, in addition two weeks for each year of service.
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Meta To Fire 3,600 Employees; Mark Zuckerberg Says Will Hire New People
Meta plans to dismiss approximately 3,600 employees identified as low performers and replace them with new hires, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday.
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Meta Fires 24 Employees For Misusing $25 Meal Credits On Toothpaste, Detergent
The misuse of these benefits, which included sending meals home when employees weren't in the office, resulted in a formal HR investigation and subsequent firings.
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Ex Meta Employee Fired Over Content Linked To Israel's War In Gaza: Report
A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts.
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With X's Elon Musk Under Fire, Biden, Kamala Harris Join Rival Threads
US President Joe Biden on Monday joined Threads, Meta's social media rival to Elon Musk's X, just days after the White House blasted the tech baron for pushing anti-Semitism.
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Elon Musk Calls Mark Zuckerberg a 'Chicken' After Meta CEO Says 'Time to Move On' From Cage Fight
Elon Musk has called Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a "chicken" after the latter called off his cage fight with the Tesla CEO. On Sunday, Zuckerberg said in a Threads post that Musk was not serious about the fight and that he was going to "focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously".
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"Shots Fired": After Musk's Cage Fight Announcement, Zuckerberg's Zinger
Elon Musk announced on Sunday that his proposed "cage fight" against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be broadcast live on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Elon Musk's "Colosseum" Tweet Sets Internet On Fire Amid Cage Fight News
Elon Musk's tweet received more than 24 million views and nearly two lakh likes.
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In Latest Round Of Meta Layoffs, Top Executives In India Among Those Fired
Meta Platforms Inc, owner of Facebook, slashed jobs across its business and operations units on Wednesday as it carried out its last batch of a three-part round of layoffs, part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles.
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2023 Layoffs: These Jobs Are Next On The Line
Another week, another round of job cuts-- this time Meta Platforms Inc. is adding to the 11,000 people it fired in November with thousands more, Bloomberg News has reported.
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Meta's Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company
Meta Platforms said on Monday Chief Business Officer Marne Levine was leaving the owner of Facebook after a 13-year stint. Fifty-two-year-old Levine, appointed as the company's first chief business officer in 2021, has served in various other executive positions at the social media company, including chief operating officer of Instagram.
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Woman Gets Job With 50 Percent Hike 3 Days After Being Fired, Internet Is Impressed
An internet user shared that she was fired on Tuesday and landed a new job on Friday with more perks.
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Facebook Intentionally Drains Users’ Phone Batteries, Former Employee Claims in Lawsuit: Report
Former Facebook employee George Hayward has reportedly claimed that the app intentionally drains users’ phone batteries in a practice called negative testing. In a lawsuit filed against Facebook parent firm Meta at a Manhattan Federal Court, Hayward, a data scientist, claims that he was fired from his role for refusing to participate in the afore...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
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Meta Fires 20 Employees For Leaking Internal Information, More Layoffs Likely
Meta on Thursday said it had laid off 20 workers for leaking information to the media, as the social media giant faces pressure over the recent political shift.
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Meta Starts Eliminating Jobs in Shift to Find AI Talent
Meta has started notifying “low-performers” that they are being laid off. The company is scouring for new talent to dominate the AI race. The company is offering US-based employees severance packages that include 16 weeks of salary, in addition two weeks for each year of service.
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Meta To Fire 3,600 Employees; Mark Zuckerberg Says Will Hire New People
Meta plans to dismiss approximately 3,600 employees identified as low performers and replace them with new hires, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday.
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Meta Fires 24 Employees For Misusing $25 Meal Credits On Toothpaste, Detergent
The misuse of these benefits, which included sending meals home when employees weren't in the office, resulted in a formal HR investigation and subsequent firings.
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Ex Meta Employee Fired Over Content Linked To Israel's War In Gaza: Report
A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts.
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With X's Elon Musk Under Fire, Biden, Kamala Harris Join Rival Threads
US President Joe Biden on Monday joined Threads, Meta's social media rival to Elon Musk's X, just days after the White House blasted the tech baron for pushing anti-Semitism.
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Elon Musk Calls Mark Zuckerberg a 'Chicken' After Meta CEO Says 'Time to Move On' From Cage Fight
Elon Musk has called Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a "chicken" after the latter called off his cage fight with the Tesla CEO. On Sunday, Zuckerberg said in a Threads post that Musk was not serious about the fight and that he was going to "focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously".
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"Shots Fired": After Musk's Cage Fight Announcement, Zuckerberg's Zinger
Elon Musk announced on Sunday that his proposed "cage fight" against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be broadcast live on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Elon Musk's "Colosseum" Tweet Sets Internet On Fire Amid Cage Fight News
Elon Musk's tweet received more than 24 million views and nearly two lakh likes.
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In Latest Round Of Meta Layoffs, Top Executives In India Among Those Fired
Meta Platforms Inc, owner of Facebook, slashed jobs across its business and operations units on Wednesday as it carried out its last batch of a three-part round of layoffs, part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles.
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2023 Layoffs: These Jobs Are Next On The Line
Another week, another round of job cuts-- this time Meta Platforms Inc. is adding to the 11,000 people it fired in November with thousands more, Bloomberg News has reported.
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Meta's Chief Business Officer Marne Levine, Appointed in 2021, Leaves Company
Meta Platforms said on Monday Chief Business Officer Marne Levine was leaving the owner of Facebook after a 13-year stint. Fifty-two-year-old Levine, appointed as the company's first chief business officer in 2021, has served in various other executive positions at the social media company, including chief operating officer of Instagram.
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Woman Gets Job With 50 Percent Hike 3 Days After Being Fired, Internet Is Impressed
An internet user shared that she was fired on Tuesday and landed a new job on Friday with more perks.
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Facebook Intentionally Drains Users’ Phone Batteries, Former Employee Claims in Lawsuit: Report
Former Facebook employee George Hayward has reportedly claimed that the app intentionally drains users’ phone batteries in a practice called negative testing. In a lawsuit filed against Facebook parent firm Meta at a Manhattan Federal Court, Hayward, a data scientist, claims that he was fired from his role for refusing to participate in the afore...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
